Description

2027 Improvements:

● Road Network:
○ Road Network Intelligence: Automatically detects the side of a template point centerline relative to the
main road during addition.
○ Intersection Modeling: Intersections now support custom centerlines/polylines for pavement edges and
include additional breaklines for realistic triangulation.
○ Template Depth: Users can now specify preferred minimum cut and fill depths within Road Templates.
○ Dynamic Conversions:
■ The Template Editor now automatically converts Curb, Sidewalk, and Subgrade values when switching units.
■ Centerline files not originally in the drawing can now be converted to Civil 3D format.
○ Management: Added Import/Export for “Special Stations” via .uds files and the
ability to load drawing templates from network or specific paths.
○ Solid Model Performance: Improved performance when repeatedly loading and saving Road Network
models.
○ Subgrade Library: Added a new Subgrade ID Library
○ Improved coloring for non-winged curb ramps following triangulation.
● Parking Network:
○ Intersection of Parking Centerlines: Added control for corner treatments within the Intersection tab.
○ Improved Interface: Enabling controls with relevance based on type of Parking Network centerline selected
in the tree.
● Design Pad/Edit Pad:
○ REPAD Consistency: Added missing parameters to synchronize redesign
results with original settings. Volume Calculations now update on “Process”
○ Modern Contouring: Integrated standard contouring options and dialogs into pad routines.
○ Merging Logic: Improved logic for merging multiple pads with existing ground.
○ Slope Treatment: Improved slope conditions when constrained by walls or perimeters.
○ Slope Lines: Added additional customization features to slope lines output by pad (three/four line, arrows, zigzag)
○ TIN output: Added ability to output only the pads as TIN’s when processing multiple pads
○ Interior Surface: Improved the linework for pads with interior surfaces
○ New REPAD routines: Reports using the Report Formatter, contour pad, draw slope lines, Merge TIN
● Centerline Editor Enhancements:
○ Radius Calculation: Introduced a new function to calculate curve radius from delta angle and arc length.
○ Precision Retention: Improved precision maintenance between calculated and
display data; curves are only recalculated upon user value changes.
○ Centerline Imports from Civil 3D now support spirals and validate data for complex spirals.
● Quick Sections Power Ups:
○ Synchronized functionality with “Draw Section Alignment”.
○ Added ability to save MXS files and directly calculate section volume.
○ Added perimeter polyline offset computation for section files and extra stations for sections.
● Draw Profile Improvements:
○ UX Confirmations: Added a “Remember This Choice” toggle for Erase Profile and Load Settings prompts.
○ Vertical Curve Labels: New control over label placement (label box, on profile, or both).
○ Horizontal Label Boxes: Automatic title box width calculation, new “Draw Label
Underscores To Profile” option to place label leader offsets in the grid.
○ Label Scale: Added auto-place on profile option.
○ Added support for editing mixed profiles containing both vertical and circular
curves in Profile Editor and ROADPRO.
○ Added a Radius column to road profile reports and added mixed profile support to PREPORT.
○ Added “Increment Elevation Text from Beginning Elevation” toggle.
○ Added a column displaying horizontal curve length for Circular vertical curves.
○ Enabled importing and exporting mixed profiles containing vertical and circular
curves in LandXML.
○ Fixed “Vertical Line” toggle enablement, added Above/Below Profile options for
label placement, and added new PVC/PVT/PVI text locations.
○ Added an informational column in both PROFEDIT (Road and Circular modes)
and ROADPRO to display Point of Intersection (PI) Types based on vertical curve
and radius values.
● Draw Section Improvements:
○ UI Upgrade: Upgraded for consistency with Draw Profile, including “Reset Settings”.
○ Section Type: Added a new station type to Section Profile Settings and Draw Section dialogs.
○ Alignment Logic: Improved maximum distance logic for section alignment to perimeter polylines.
○ RSECTION Command: New command for Section Capture with diagram data reading capabilities.
○ breakpoint elevation, offset, and description labels.
○ Added more options for displaying section file and centerline names.
○ Added a setting in Draw Sections to place “Label Section File Name” at the first section of each
row/column or all sections.
○ The “Interpolate” routine in Section File Editor now maintains subgrades when “Use Offset Description” is
enabled.
● Extended IFC & Solid Support:
○ Properties Inspection: Added loading for dynamic IFC properties in the Drawing Inspector and Properties window.
○ IFC2DWG Extensions: Added multi-file selection, SubD mesh drawing, and
case-insensitive material property conversion.
○ SOLID_PERIM: Extended command to compute top and bottom outlines as polylines.
○ Shape Selection: Improved inverted shape selections in MDL and IFC.
● Station-Offset Labeling:
○ Supports viewing elevations in the label preview tooltip when referencing Road Networks.
○ Automatically uses existing surface elevations for undefined points while referencing Road Networks.
● Plan View Grids: Added options for interior/perimeter ticks and improved text placement and offset logic.
● Polyline Elevation Editing: Implemented polyline reordering logic in the Polyline Elevation Editor routine.
● Contour Labeling: Added “Above/Below” placement options and compatibility for “Draw
Box Around Label” regardless of placement.
● Improved the Contour from Grid routine to create closed contours as entities with closed polyline property
● Profile to Points: Added End Station control.
● UI & Productivity:
○ Tooltips: Added network path tooltips for Road, Parking, Tunnel, and LotNET.
○ Focus & Resizing: Road, Lot, and Parking Networks now return focus to CAD upon closing and feature
resizable trees.
○ Section Editor: Updated to display shortened file names with tooltips.
○ Improved controls for horizontal elevation labels .
○ Improved station identification and enhanced grid detection in Section Capture.
● Improved the Trench quantity report.

Key Features

Carlson Civil users have an extensive selection of analysis and design tools at their fingertips, including these favorites:

• Road NETwork – Build roads, highways, intersections and cul-de-sacs in 2D and 3D with a single click of the “PROCESS” button.
• Lot NETwork –  Quickly define an entire subdivision of lots based on an outer boundary, interior ROWs or Centerlines, and a simple set of user-defined “rules,” then pick “PROCESS” and the lots appear, defined and labeled.
• Site NETwork – Automate the tasks of subgrade design, takeoffs, cost-estimating and surface model generation and migrate this data to GPS-assisted machine control products including  Carlson Grade!
• Design Pad Template – For complex grading scenarios involving foundation pads, drainage basins, parking lots and more!
• Project Setups – Flexible data and settings storage
• Data Compatibility – Supports industry stand LandXML, plus specific data conversion

CAD Standards:

• Draw Standard Items: Create common CAD entities with pre-defined properties
• Settings Explorer: Manage all program settings from single interface
• Settings Libraries: setup tables for symbols, layers, road templates, etc.
• Data Depot: Document management for workgroups and archiving
• Project Sub-Folders: Custom controls of data folders by type

NEW FEATURES

Highlights
• Carlson PhotoCapture – New command to download project data including TINs, images, coordinate files and point clouds.
• Dynamic Point Attributes – New command to create point attributes that dynamically resize to view in the current zoom level.
• Design Parking Inside Perimeter – New command to layout parking spaces inside a closed perimeter polyline.
• Create Curb Profiles – New commands to create curb profiles from a reference EOP profile with series of different templates.
• Import ODBC – New command to import GIS data from ODBC databases including relational databases.
• Solids Timing – New command for underground timing of 3D solid models.
• Tunnel Network – New command to create 3D solid of an intersecting network of tunnel alignments.

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